25 May 2016

Daniel Ray: on mapping a route to better quality data

The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s new director of data science starts a new analytics column by reflecting on
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23 May 2016

The industry CCIO: let’s get serious about usability

In the second of Digital Health’s columns from industry CCIOs, Dr Shaun O’Hanlon, chief medical officer of Emis Group, discusses
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20 May 2016

Joe’s view: of Patient Online

Joe McDonald wrote his own emergency medical record onto his phone four years ago; now he can access his GP’s
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18 May 2016

Manchester student nurses swap paper charts for Patientrack

Student nurses in Manchester are being taught to capture bedside observations on an iPad, using the Patientrack system.
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17 May 2016

Dan Taylor: taking security out of the bunker

The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations may work in a super secure area, but in
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17 May 2016

Royal Marsdon tracks blood ‘vein to vein’ with Bloodhound

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a set of MSoft systems that will deliver ‘vein to vein’
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11 May 2016

Stand and deliver: ransomware in healthcare

Cyber security has been rising up the agenda of US health CIOs for some years; but nothing has concentrated their
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9 May 2016

EHI Awards 2016 deadline extended to end of week

The deadline for the EHI Awards 2016 has been extended; but only until the end of the week.
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Conference season
6 May 2016

Another view: of speech recognition

Neil Paul tried speech recognition some time ago; and wasn’t impressed. Both technology and the pressures on GPs have moved
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5 May 2016

Cyber security is critical to the future of the NHS

Jon Hoeksma explains why Digital Health News has launched a Cyber Security Hub; and why the NHS needs to wake
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